Less Demos, more lilo
I knew on Sunday night that the week ahead would hold a touch of the Fellinis - a combination of Amarcord and 8½ were firmly on the agenda. And I wasn't wrong. It really should have been shot in black and white.
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Tactical Briefing
Tactical Briefing
Not all news is bad news
Soumaya Ghannoushi insists the media are on a daily mission to equate Islam with fascism. This is patently not the case
Passion in the Workplace
Young people want to work for organisations they feel passionate about, says Peter Grigg.
The importance of being there
On Monday I went to see author and thinker Clay Shirky talk at a lunchtime seminar hosted by the Demos think tank. Clay was charming and intelligent and funny, and I got to hear him thinking out loud about the impact of social tools on international polit
A Demos event worth turning up to
Clay Shirky, author of Here Comes Everybody, was a must see event.
State of Trust
In State of Trust, a study written for the leading think tank Demos (and funded by Communities and Local Government and the IDeA), Simon Parker, Phil Spires, Faizal Farook and Melissa Mean explored what trust might mean, why it is useful and how councils
Wanted: risk-takers for the next decade
Duncan O'Leary and Paul Skidmore of the think-tank Demos argued that enterprise should be embedded within the teaching of employability skills, for both young people and adult learners. "Common debate centres around literacy, numeracy, and communicatio
Individual taste
Despite fears that the system could be open to abuse, the government this week made it clear that personal budgets for care are the key to providing services that people really need.
Myths and Monsters
Three years after 7/7 the threat is still real and still misunderstood
Keep faith in religious providers, urges think tank Demos
Local authorities should use faith groups to deliver public services to achieve value for money, greater ‘social value’ and wider community benefits, argues a new report by Demos.
Demos: alcohol policy should focus on parenting, not pricing
The Government’s attempts to curb the UK’s hazardous drinking culture would be more effective if they focused on encouraging better parenting, particularly among parents misusing alcohol, say experts at the think tank Demos.
Parents ‘in the dark’ as child nutrition advice isn’t getting through
Child nutrition advice should be displayed on supermarket shelves and online parenting forums to make it more accessible to parents, according to a Demos report.
Demos launches pioneering new model for measuring poverty
Think-tank Demos has launched a pioneering new model for measuring poverty that could transform local social service provision and help thousands of families escape poverty.
Britain’s budding entrepreneurs say “It’s not the economy, stupid”
Entrepreneurs are optimistic and determined but defy stereotypes about their motives, characteristics and attitudes, finds new research from Demos.
Demos: 24,000 Scottish families face severe disadvantage
A new report by the think-tank Demos reveals the full extent of the hardship experienced across Scotland, estimating that 24,000 families face severe disadvantage.
Majority support government control of how people spend benefit payments
New polling released by the think tank Demos shows the majority of people believe the government should start controlling how welfare recipients spend their money.
Clegg’s former Director of Strategy warns: ‘stay in the centre or face annihilation’
This press release introduces Richard Reeves' essay on Cleggism, A Liberal Inside.
Private sector must step in to tackle crisis in loneliness among older people
Ageing Sociably argues that businesses must do its bit to tackle the crisis in loneliness among older people.
Housing providers should bid for reablement contracts
Clinical commissioners should look again both at how reablement services are delivered – and who delivers them – as they take responsibility for these schemes from local authorities, says a new report by Demos.